Dream On,
Vancouver
By MIKE EDWARDS
SENIOR EDITORIAL STAFF
Photographs by
CHARLES O'REAR
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E LOOK at the rest of Canada
with amused pity," Allan Foth
eringham said at lunch one day.
In his column in the Vancouver
Sun, Allan often roasts politicians, but
when he talks about living in Vancouver, he
is about as mean as a marshmallow.
"There aren't many cities where you can
drop offyour kids at a ski area and still be at
the office in 25 minutes," he said.
On New Year's Day he and friends play
tennis and then, turning toward frozen To
ronto, drink a taunting toast. Isolated from
Establishment Canada by expanses of plain
and peak, Vancouver thinks itself a place
apart in more than climate.
On a thumb of land that holds the down
town core, stunning skyscrapers symbolize
the commerce born of the union of a deep
water port and transcontinental railroads. I
like to view the city from those towers, from
the 30th or 35th floors, where glassy execu
tive suites look out on Burrard Inlet.
The water is speckled with ships loading
coal, grain, forest products. Handling 48
Water born and mountain bred,
Vancouver lights the sky as a Sea-Bus
ferries commuters across Burrard
Inlet. Canada's Pacific doorway matches
genial livability with a striking setting.
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